View content
Government of Quebec website. Government of Quebec website.
Button to open search.
  • Français
  • Contact us
  1. Home  
  2. Employment  
  3. Trades and Occupations  
  4. Exploring Trades and Occupations  
  5. Health Care Managers

Exploring Trades and Occupations

Health Care Managers

On this page

  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals plan, organize, monitor, and evaluate the delivery of health care services. They work in health care institutions.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Ensure the delivery of health care services in a health care facility.
  • Consult with boards of directors and senior management regarding health care delivery standards.
  • Monitor the quality of health care provided to clients.
  • Ensure the effective and efficient use of resources.
  • Plan and control the budget of the department or facility.
  • Represent the department or establishment to government officials, the general public, agencies, or the media.
  • Recruit medical staff.

Advancement and mobility

  • Experience leads to senior management positions in health care delivery.
  • These individuals may specialize in the administration of specific health care services such as dietetics, clinical medicine, laboratory medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, or surgery.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$26.00
Median
$43.96
Maximum
$65.93

Job prospects for 2021-2025

sr.comparaison-region.titre

Les 2 champs de sélection ci-dessous vous permettent de comparer 2 régions. Les données des régions seront automatiquement mises à jour à la sélection. Par défaut, la province de Québec est sélectionnée pour la première région.

Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Very good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

8,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
66.8% Female
33.2% Male

Not available.
  • 66.8% Female
  • 33.2% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$85,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • None

All of Québec

  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    93% of jobs
  2. Social Assistance
    NAICS 624
    5% of jobs
  3. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    1% of jobs
  4. Management, Scientific and Technical Services and Scientific Research and Development Services
    NAICS 5416, 5417
    1% of jobs
  5. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    1% of jobs
  6. Others
    -1% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    93% of jobs
  2. Social Assistance
    NAICS 624
    5% of jobs
  3. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    1% of jobs
  4. Management, Scientific and Technical Services and Scientific Research and Development Services
    NAICS 5416, 5417
    1% of jobs
  5. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    1% of jobs
  6. Others
    -1% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.

Also required

  • Training as a Medical Specialist to lead services in surgery, clinical medicine, and laboratory medicine.
  • Training in the appropriate field to direct services such as nursing, dietetics, and physiotherapy.
  • Certification as a Manager in the appropriate field.

Sometimes required

  • Knowledge of the existing computerized system is often required.
  • Experience in a management position may be required or an asset.
  • Training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is often required.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Information processing
  • Data collection
  • Oral expression
  • Critical thought
  • Reading comprehension
  • Coordination
  • Active listening
  • Written expression
  • Time management
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Active learning
  • Social perception
  • Systems evaluation
  • Human resource management
  • Service oriented
  • Solving complex problems
  • Teaching
  • Result evaluation
  • Persuasion
  • System analysis
  • Operation analysis
  • Negotiation
  • Financial resource management
  • Material resource management
  • Learning strategies
More Less skills

Abilities

  • Verbal skills
  • Written comprehension
  • Oral comprehension
  • Written expression
  • Speech clarity
  • Awareness of issues
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Speech recognition
  • Near vision
  • Information organization
  • Classification
  • Idea generation
  • Originality
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
  • Leadership
  • Political sense
  • Knowledge of administration and management
  • Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Capacity to influence and mobilize
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Knowledge of customer and personalized services
  • Capacity to network
  • Respect others

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Work with numbers
  • Work in an office

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Enterprising
People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Social
People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Additional information

Note about CNP

Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.

Official name of the NOC 0311 (30010)

Managers in health care

Job titles

  • Nursing services administrator
  • Chief of pharmacy
  • Chief of staff - hospital
  • Assistant director of nursing services
  • Nursing services manager - medical services
  • Assistant nursing services administrator
  • Blood bank administrator
  • Dental health services administrator
  • Therapeutic services administrator
  • Chief of operating area
  • Chief of housing activities
  • Chief dietitian
  • Chief of medical staff
  • Chief of anatomical pathology
  • Chief of anesthesia
  • Chief of audiology and speech language pathology
  • Chief of cardiology
  • Chief of surgery
  • Chief of dermatology
  • Chief of gastro-enterology
  • Chief of biomedical engineering service
  • Chief of infectious diseases
  • Chief of laboratory medicine
  • Chief of emergency medicine
  • Chief of nephrology
  • Chief of neurology
  • Chief of pathology
  • Chief of pediatrics
  • Chief of physiotherapy
  • Chief of psychiatry
  • Chief of psychology
  • Chief of diagnostic radiology
  • Chief of rheumatology
  • Chief of respirology
  • Chief of endocrinology
  • Chief of occupational therapy
  • Chief of hematology
  • Chief of diagnostic imaging
  • Chief of obstetrics and gynecology
  • Chief of radiation oncology
  • Chief of ophthalmology
  • Chief of urology
  • Chief of medicine
  • Chief radiology technologist
  • Assistant administrator for nursing
  • Dental laboratory managing supervisor
  • Medical director
  • Medical clinic director
  • Podiatric clinic manager
  • Pharmacy director
  • Mental health residential care program manager
  • Clinical services manager
  • First aid services director
  • Red cross first aid director
  • Rehabilitation services director
  • Rehabilitation services director - medical services
  • Occupational health services director
  • Home care services director - medical services
  • Behaviour therapy services director
  • Public health nursing services director
  • Director of professional services - medical services
  • Therapeutic services director
  • Therapeutic services director - psychiatric hospital
  • Director of audiology and speech language pathology
  • Director of surgery
  • Director of dietetics
  • Director of clinical medicine
  • Director of laboratory medicine
  • Director of physiotherapy
  • Psychology director - health care
  • Director of occupational therapy
  • Nursing unit administrator
More Less job titles

Skill type

Management

Related occupations

  • Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration
  • Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi This hyperlink will open in a new window.

Last update: December 22, 2022

Comments

Was the information on this page useful to you?
Limit is 500 characters

You have questions or require additional information?

Please contact Services Québec

Gouvernement du Québec

Footer navigation | Québec.ca

Information and services

  • Agriculture, environment and natural resources
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Businesses and self-employed workers
  • Family and support for individuals
  • Finance, income and other taxes
  • Homes and housing
  • Immigration
  • Justice and civil status
  • Health
  • Public safety and Emergencies
  • Tourism and recreation
  • Transports

Government

  • Departments and agencies
  • Services Québec
  • Work in government
  • Information feed
  • Laws and regulations This hyperlink will open in a new window.
  • Publications This hyperlink will open in a new window.
  • Copyright and request for authorization

How to reach us

  • General information
  • Service offices This hyperlink will open in a new window.
  • Email
  • Technical problems

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Accessibility
  • Sitemap
  • Access to information
  • Privacy policy
Gouvernement du Québec.

© Gouvernement du Québec, 2023

Back to topBack to top